Curators from Iran and Armenia visit Flanders & the Netherlands

28-31 May 2017
Visitors programme
Visitors' programme visual arts (Flanders & the Netherlands)

In November 2016, a group of curators from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland visited Armenia and Iran during an orientation trip organised by the Mondriaan Fund. 

In November 2016, a group of curators from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland visited Armenia and Iran during an orientation trip organised by the Mondriaan Fund. 

As a follow-up of this trip, a group of curators from both countries visits the Netherlands and Flanders. The group visits institutions, meets art professionals, and participate in a public talk on their practice. The visit is organised in collaboration with Mondriaan Fund and the embassy of the Netherlands in Tehran.

Participants

Ali Bakhtiari
Curator focused on cultural studies and modern and contemporary art, Tehran

Leyla Fakhr
Freelance curator, based in London

Vigen Galstyan
Art historian and curator specialising in photography, film and Armenian art of the modern era / Co-founder of ‘Lusadaran‘ Armenian Photography Foundation

Anna K. Gargarian
Curator & Cultural Project Manager and Director & Curator for HAYP Pop Up Gallery, Armenia

Samira Hashemi
Co-founder and Co-director of Va Space, independent art space in Isfahan, Iran

Nazareth Karoyan
Director Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) Yerevan, Armenia

Sohrab Kashani
Artist and an independent curator, based in Tehran / Founder and Director of Sazmanab

Sona Stepanyan
Curator at Armenia Art Foundation, Yerevan

More information

mondriaanfonds.nl